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(CNN) -- Eight people have been killed and several others wounded in a shooting at a nursing home in Carthage, North Carolina, police and hospital officials said Sunday.
The shooting happened at about 10 a.m. Sunday in Carthage, North Carolina, authorities said.

The shooting happened at about 10 a.m. Sunday in Carthage, North Carolina, authorities said.

Carthage Police Chief Chris McKenzie told CNN affiliate News 14 Carolina that there were six dead at the scene and three wounded, including a police officer. Gretchen Kelly, a spokeswoman for FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, told CNN later that two of the six patients brought there had died, and two were still being treated.

Few details of the shootings, which happened about 10 a.m. Sunday, were immediately available. There was no immediate indication as to the attacker's motive, and it was not clear whether the gunman was in custody or was among the dead or wounded.

"I ain't never seen nobody being mistreated down there or nothing," Bobby Dunn, whose 89-year-old mother was living at the facility, told News 14. "That's what I can't understand -- why somebody would come and do something like that."
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McKenzie said the facility was "under our control" and patients had been moved to another building. Police were still interviewing witnesses early Sunday afternoon, he said. Carthage is about 60 miles southwest of Raleigh.
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Sunday's killings were the latest in a series of high-profile but unrelated rampages in March, including the killings of 10 people by an Alabama man who was then killed by police. At a southern Illinois church, a man shot and killed the pastor and stabbed two parishioners, and a 17-year-old in Germany killed 15 people in two small towns before dying in a shootout with police.

Why can't our elected officials see why it is imperative for law abiding citizens to have the opportunity to use firepower to defend themselves anywhere? You never know when a nutcase like this guy is going to show up in a medical facility or nursing home, where you won't have an LEO or armed security standing next to you at the time to protect you.

I'm watching the press release about this right now, terrible tragedy. When the spokesperson was asked what the nursing home did to protect the people during the rampage, the answer was "the police were called."

Animals. Murderous, cowardly animals. And all the while, the putzes in Congress continue to press for legally deeming as felons any and all people who dare to go around with weapons in defense of such scum. That is, perhaps, the most dishonorable act of all: the attempt to disarm victims in the face of being victimized by armed criminals. Utter insanity.

Nowhere is immune. With each and every "surprise" occurrence at a new, untested/untried place, we must disabuse ourselves of the naive notion that there are any safe places. Go armed. Always.

I'm watching the press release about this right now, terrible tragedy.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by wpk

When the spokesperson was asked what the nursing home did to protect the people during the rampage, the answer was "the police were called."

Agreed even more.

As we all know, most of these shootings are stopped either by the shooter's suicide or by someone else with a gun. Having armed citizens at the scene as it occurs could result in fewer innocents killed.

This is why legally armed people should have unrestricted carry anywhere there is not actual immediate armed LEO such as a secure floor in the courthouse,and even then If somebody attacked the LEO and took them out before they could react then you are basically helpless

Pinelake Health and Rehab Centre specializes in treating Alzheimer's patients.
-The assailant was a younger man, no apparent relationship to the clinic has been found (so far).
-The assailant was treated for a gunshot wound.
-The wounded officer was the first to arrive after police were called.
-Residents at Pinelake Health and Rehab are not guarded by a security staff, but that's not an unusual situation for a nursing home, a state regulator said today. "They are residential facilities," said Jeff Horton, chief executive officer of the state Division of Health Service Regulation. "They are not required to have security and most of them do not have it."

I haven't been able to find any text on it, but would anyone care to guess at Pinelake's firearms policy?

Hear we go again, what a tragedy. Thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones of the victims.
I hate this, Every time I read about some whacked out nut job on a rampage, I have to be concerned about RTBA.
Lately we can't catch a break, with the current political situation this is not helpful.
Sure would be nice if this county was secure in it's 2A rights every time these horrible crimes happen it won't give us gun owners heart burn. Better yet the BG gets stopped dead by a sheepdog.

You know I see this news report where a rapper was given a 1yr and 1 day sentence for trying to buy a machine gun. The max sentence was 30 yrs. IMO they want to enact all these gun laws and take away our freedom but the BG get caught and get a slap on the wrist as usual.

Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two parking spaces.-Joseph T. Chew

Photos of the crime scene on foxnews.com show a rifle being examined by investigators - looks like a .22 rifle...

Article also quotes the daughter of one of the residents:

Chishole told her daughter she hid her face in her shirt so she couldn't see the man or what she expected him to do, McNeill said. He didn't shoot, but left the room and began shooting down the hallway.

On March 29 a shooter went on a rampage at a Nursing Home in Cartharge, North Carolina. The shooting is yet another high profile massacre in March including the assault weapon rampage in Alabama just weeks before. Our country's refusal to address the issue of gun violence has deadly consequences.

NCGV once again confirms our commitment to reducing gun death and injury in our state. However we need your help: Visit our Legislation Page to learn how you can call on your elected officials to work with us to keep guns off our streets and out of the hands of our youth.